Factors Influencing Women's Attitudes towards Family Planning: An Explorative Study in Eku Community, Delta State, Nigeria
Efejene, O. I., Igabari J. N., Orororo, O. C., Chidebe, E. O., Aisuodionoe, E. M., Osirim,E., DeLoache, S., Ofiebor, L., Bassey, E. G., Iweriebor, O. B.
Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports · pp. 31–42 · Published 9 Jun 2025
10.9734/ajarr/2025/v19i61039Abstract
The awareness of family planning is a major subject in the present-day health education advocacy with respect to child and maternal health considerations. Specifically, the aim of this study was to unravel the educational influence, religion, age, health, culture of women, including income as an important consideration in family planning. This research used a descriptive cross-sectional study and was carried out in Eku Community in Ethiope East Local Government of Delta State with the aid of a convenient sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to collected data from 100 respondents made up of women of childbearing age from the main street and quarters of the Eku community in Delta State, Nigeria. The percentage system was used to determine the outcome of the data collected to map out considerations of various societal values, such as religion, finance, education, and cultural influence, as a determinant of couples' measures of involvement in family planning. The results showed that 42% of the respondents strongly agreed that the educational status of women of childbearing age influences the choice of family planning. Moreover, 20% of the respondents highly agreed that cultural and religious beliefs support family planning. In terms of socio-economic status and knowledge of family planning, 42% of the respondents strongly agreed that socio-economic status influences the attitude of women toward family planning. Lastly, 27% of the respondents strongly agreed that Healthcare providers' attitude influences family planning services. Incentive and educational awareness program was a key determinant recommended through various media channels to childbearing individuals to adopt family planning. The study showed that women in the Eku community in Delta State, Nigeria, still see family planning as a means of impeding a natural process that could have a major negative impact on reproductive health.
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